Meaning

5 senses

  1. (not comparable)In or into a state of floating.

  2. (not comparable)In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.

  3. (not comparable)Under water (bearing floating objects).

    1695, Edmund Gibson (translator), Camden’s Britannia, London: A. Swalle, “Staffordshire,” […] it [the River Dove] overflows and lays the meadows afloat in April, like another Nile.

  4. (figuratively, not comparable, usually)In or into circulation or currency.

  5. (figuratively, not comparable, obsolete)In or into a condition of stimulation, arousal, confusion, bewilderment, etc.

Examples

21 sentences

  1. The company managed to keep afloat.

    ruКомпании удалось удержаться на плаву. — marafon

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  2. The ship was afloat at last.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. The company scrambled to stay afloat.

    Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. Sami was trying to stay afloat.

    OsoHombre · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Algeria is trying to stay afloat.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Synonyms

2 synonyms
awashat sea

Antonyms

1 antonyms
ashore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
afieldaflameafootaforementioned

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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